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TSA Finds Your Vibrator In Checked Suitcase, Leaves Creepy Note
Bad: Having the TSA pawing through your checked luggage. Worse: The suitcase they chose to open includes a sex toy. Worse still: the person who went through your bags leaves a leering note....
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US Economy Grew 2.5% In Third Quarter, Department of Commerce Report Says
Buoyed by brisker consumer and business spending, The American economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.5% in the third quarter, according to a report released this morning by the U.S. Department of...
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Car Receives $44,500 Ticket For 1,800 Years Of Illegal Parking
Accurate data entry is important. Need proof? Just ask the woman in Italy who was taken to the hospital for a dizzy spell after receiving a €32,000 ($44,500) parking ticket. How long does a car have...
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Anxious To Get Your Tax Refund? IRS Says 'Go Get Another Job'
Emily is a law student, and she spent last summer doing lawyer-type work and earning lawyer-type money. She mistakenly set up her withholding as if she were earning that much money year-round, though,...
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Car Dealership And VA Team Up To Damage Wounded Veteran's Credit
When Kat and her husband traded in their old Ford Focus, the dealership told them that they would be able to pay off the loan faster than the couple could. This was true, if by “faster” they meant “not...
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Skechers To Pay $40 Million In Refunds Because Putting On Shoes Is Not A Workout
News flash: you can’t work out by not working out. As we predicted in November, the Federal Trade Commission has settled with shoemaker Skechers over claims that their rounded-bottom Shape-Up shoes...
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Use The Clock And Google Voice To Actually Reach The IRS
Sure, it’s not peak IRS season right now, but there is quite a variety of reasons that you might have to deal with the ever-present government agency anyway. Tax Cat is out of the office, vacationing...
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I Just Want The Government To Take My Money Already
(paulhami)At a time of fiscal crisis for governments everywhere, Adam has sort of an unusual problem. He wants his state government to take his money. He says that he paid his taxes on time, back in...
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Lawyer Who Took Out Annuities On The Dying Pleads Guilty 1 Week Into Trial
(frankieleon)Depending on your point of view, Joseph Caramadre of Cranston, R.I. is either an opportunist who scammed the terminally ill, or a great philanthropist who found a win-win loophole and made...
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State Says Restaurant’s Church Bulletin Discount On Sundays Isn’t...
(bluwmongoose)Is a promotion offering discounts to customers who bring in a “current church bulletin” discriminatory or unfair to people who aren’t religious? One Pennyslvania restaurant won’t remove...
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Massachusetts DOT Pulls 9 Violent Arcade Video Games From State Rest Stops
(photographynatalia) It’s been a month of change since the Dec. 14 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six adults were killed by a gunman. The alleged gunman...
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Intuit (TurboTax) Spends Millions To Keep Us From Filing Taxes Quickly And...
(AJENT.MSG)Here’s something to keep in mind as you wait in line at 11:30 PM on April 15th: filing your taxes could be so, so much easier. Bills have been put before Congress that would let taxpayers...
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Filing Your Taxes Can Be Stressful, But At Least You Aren’t Using MS-DOS
It was pretty exciting for our household back in 1992 when Tax Dad got his first home office computer, and was able to use a primitive version of TurboTax to prepare his clients’ returns, instead of...
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When Flying, Maybe Leave Your Grenade-Shaped Lighter At Home
(Bill Binns) You might find your novelty weapon-shaped cigarette lighter hilarious and totally innocent, but do you know who doesn’t agree with you? The Transportation Safety Administration. This...
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Should Group Fitness Classes Stay Out Of Public Parks?
(SA_Steve)Boot camp-style fitness classes that meet outdoors in parks are a much more fun way to exercise than staring at your own sweaty face in a mirror. Do they affect life in the park enough that...
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Don’t Pay $100 Or More For A Certified Copy Of Your Deed: That’s Not A Thing
(tina kugler)Are you a property owner? If someone sends you a solicitation or a bill asking for money in exchange for a copy of your deed, throw it away. That isn’t a thing. The letters might come on...
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Why Non-Dairy Creamer Has Dairy In It
“I spotted this confused creamer at breakfast,” Jake wrote in an e-mail to Consumerist. “Glad I’m not lactose intolerant.” While it’s labeled “non-dairy,” it also has a milk allergy warning. How does...
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DOT Fines Delta $750,000 For Breaking Rules On Passenger-Bumping
(m01229)Delta isn’t great about letting passengers volunteer to be bumped off an oversold flight instead of just bumping them by force. The company just doesn’t have enough CEOs to go around and offer...
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How Payday Lenders Fought To Stay Legal In Missouri
(frankieleon)The state of Missouri has about one payday or car-title lender for every 4,100 residents. The interest rate on short-term loans has an average APR of 455% statewide, when the national...
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Do You Prefer Food Truck Sandwiches With Or Without Ethnic Slurs?
(Wandering Dago)Is it okay to welcome a business with a potentially offensive name to a public space or to government property? That’s the question at the center of a dispute between an upstate New...
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